Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:24:29 +0100 From: Jon Mercer <jon.mercer@achean.com> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to shut down Message-ID: <3F68608D.7040901@achean.com> In-Reply-To: <002701c37d1e$5fa781d0$04fea8c0@moe> References: <002701c37d1e$5fa781d0$04fea8c0@moe>
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'shutdown -p now' will switch off the computer if the PC supports APM or ACPI. Charles Howse wrote: >>I am a new user learning about Unix. >> >>I found the shutdown command and have been using "shutdown >>now" to shut down >>before powering off. >> >>When the pc boots up it complains that it was incorrectly shut down. >> >>Am I following an incorrect procedure? > > > 'shutdown now' will take you to single user mode. > This is not what you want if you're ready to power off. > Use 'shutdown -h now' and wait for the 'press any key to reboot' prompt > before you power off. > To reboot, use 'shutdown -r now'. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | ___ ___ | | / | | / | | / /| | / / | | / / | | _____ / / ____ ____ ___ | | / /__| | / ___ \ / /__ / __ \ / _ | | /__ | | / ____ | / / /_/ / ___ \ / /_/ / / / | | / ___ \ | | / / | | / / __ / / \ \ | ___/__ / / / / / / \ \ | | / / | | | |__/ / / / / / | \__/ / | |_| | / / / / | | /__\ /___\ \_____/ /__| /__| \_____/ \__/|_| /__| /__| | | | | www.achean.com | | ============== | | Jon Mercer jon.mercer@achean.com | | | | Mobile 07973 256496 | | | | Tel. 0117 9561211 | | | | Fax 0117 9565637 | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
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